The missus and I are on the lookout for old cookery books. The kind of books where the author had passed on long before the invention of the microwave oven.

Penguin Books have come up with a rather neat little hook to get people off their iPods and curled up with a book, an open fire, and a comforting mug of brownian motion this winter; they’ve started a regular podcast in which they hope to include the latest news and extracts from Penguin Books.

If you’re going to learn java, it helps to have a well written reference book;

Make this your first serious Java book after you’re comfortable with the basics. It’s deeply technical, and an enjoyable read, a real rareity.

This book very very good. Read it before you start writing anything in Eclipse. If the last five months of hacking have taught me 30% of what I need to know to really understand the internals of Eclipse as it stands today, then this book just confirmed that 30% and had added another [...]